Another VHF antenna question

[HemiGTX]

This is all good stuff!  Thanks

[Kimbrey]

The marine SSB radios that I've worked with through the years all had an antenna tuner.  In Alaska we generally monitored 4125 kHz but if we swapped to a different frequency we'd key the mic which would make the tuner dial the proper antenna length.  On some of the old ones you could actually hear the tuner grinding away.

[wedocq]

Shawn/hemi, I will rail mount my new antenna this week- how /where did you route the cable into the cabin?

Mine is actually attached to the rail of the rocket launcher now, which gives it another 6" of height...haha :biggrin: My installation is only slightly more professional than Hemis. it's zip tied to the rail all the way to the front, where there is a hole drilled and it goes down the hardtop and along the tube on the inside of the cabin to behind the bulkhead.
-Shawn

[Markshoreline]

Here's what I ended up doing...
Wanted the antenna on the rail for additional height.  The Digital antenna has an adapter that lets you run the cable through a 3/8" hole.

[HemiGTX]

Mark, that is a clean installation.  Where does it enter the cockpit?

[Markshoreline]

I drilled a 3/8" hole just below the roof access hatch.  I routed the cable around the window then forward.